Paperboy Download (1988 Arcade action Game)

Paperboy is a simple yet fun no-brainer game. You play the role of a boy trying to get his newspapers to the right houses whilst avoiding obstacles. Walls, cars, fences, rolling tyres and even people block your way. You have 5 lives to use, each time you hit something a life goes. You also have a limited number of newspapers, and you can pick up more by riding over the piles on the left side of the street. When you ride by a house and 'subscriber' appears on your status bar at the bottom, throw a newspaper. You get more point by hitting certain areas, such as the mailbox, front door or the trashcan.

The graphics are either EGA or CGA. The screenshots are of the EGA version. Sound is pc speaker and is only music, there are no in-game sounds. Typing 1 will run EGA and 2 will run CGA. You can redefine the steering keys, but the main(only) bug is you MUST redefine them every time you play, but pressing left, right, up, down and space isn't too bad a price to pay. ALT will pause the game and CTRL will continue it and ESC will quit is you are playing.

Still interested? Go sell some papers!

Wow this was an original game. Ok, so it was, honest, but it was darn crap after a while. It's been made on basically all the systems I can think of though, so it can't be all that bad! ;)

You're the paperboy for that good ol' newspaper The Daily Sun. It's your job to make sure that all subscribers to the paper get their copy! Also you can go and abuse the people that don't subscribe (an added bonus for those really dedicated workers!).

Playing this game gives a whole new angle to the role of the paperboy, although I'm not sure I've seen the lad that delivers our paper fall off his bike as often as I did ;). There are kerbs you hit, fences, dogs, people, and steps (oddly some of them are built across the footpath). There are even break-dancers!! Go figure o_O.

When I started out playing this I was awful, I gradually got better. I think that was the main thing that kept me playing it, not the actual game, but beating my own best. I know that doesn't say much about the game play, but it does get repetitive. You either love this game, or you just play it because you are bored.

All in all though, it's a great challenge. Beat your own best, or kick your friends arses ;) Just get through it so you can say you did even! I admit I sometimes still give it a whirl.

Paperboy is yet another classic that most people that have owned an older computer will recognize when they see it again. As far as I know this is the only game that offers what Paperboy does. Not because the actual game objects are that interesting but at least you don't see it in other games. You control a little kid on a bicycle that has to deliver papers to the different houses you drive by.

There are of course different things that will make it harder for you to deliver your papers like fences, people on the street, cars, dogs and many other things that you meet in a regular day. You have to avoid hitting all those things. You get extra points for hitting the mailboxes, smashing windows with the papers and many other things. Once you get further into the game there will be larger areas where you will get extra chances for scoring many points.

Paperboy is overall an entertaining game but the PC version doesn't really look good compared to the Commodore 64 and Amiga versions simply because of the poor EGA graphics. The game screen is also very little which makes it almost impossible to play. Still, you will be able to find many hours of gameplay with this classic but see if you can get the chance to play the Amiga version since it's much nicer to look at it and the control is also easier.

Paperboy is one of the most legendary games ever created. I met hundreds of game players in my life and each one of them played Paperboy at least once. Most of the people even like this game, but there are some (like me) who don't have a good view of Paperboy. Why? Because I don't find it entertaining and I don't because of incredibly small play area. Most of the game takes place on a small portion of the lower left screen. That's why.

The game has a rather easy task. You, as newly employed paperboy, have to distribute morning papers to the subscribers. You ride a bike and throw papers into mailboxes while avoiding cars, dogs, neigbours, loose tires and such. Pretty hard game if you ask me.

I used to play this game back on my old C64 - or was it the Amiga? Hm... No, I don't think so. It has this good old C64-touch. Arcade-Style... The story is simple - you have to deliver newspapers to the subscribers while avoiding people, cars or other things crossing your way. Being the modern hero that you are you take all danger on you to make your customers happy. Don't throw the newspapers through the windows and take care of your bike, Paperboy!

Competent PC conversion of one of the Atari's best-known arcade games. If you were ever a paperboy when you were young, you'll know how ungrateful your customers can be. You've got to deliver your papers to all the houses on your street by firing them into the mailboxes and avoiding people, objects and cars. You also have to make sure you don't run out of newspapers, but more can be picked up on the way. If you don't deliver newspapers to any of the houses, they'll cancel their subscription.

Paperboy is a very original game and fun to play, although it is slightly difficult, especially since the isometric view is a bit blocky in EGA graphics. The graphics are quite good for the time, though, and the animation of your bike and various obstacles is generally good. For some reason, the game has very little sound effects-- something that is one of the best aspects in the arcade original. Fortunately, gameplay is strong enough to carry the day in silence. If you like this game, be sure to also check out the superior sequel, PaperBoy 2.

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